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Comment by Remco2573

This is the most annoying quest in WotLK I've encountered so far. I walked into the cavern, seeing other people were already doing it. Fine, I'll wait, I thought. After they'd done it, I didn't get a chance at turning in my quest to start the next one, before someone else had already started it. This repeated a couple of times until I decided repeatedly watching other people do a quest is no fun for me. So I just went outside and on to the next quest in my quest log.

Comment by allforcarrie

just let the npc's fight him.

Comment by Aros

This quest has quite a bit of dialog. This is what was said when I did it. Y=Legion Commander Yorik7=7th Legion EliteT=Thel'zan the DuskbringerF=Highlord Bolvar Fordragon

Y - Steel yourselves, soldiers. <name> has provided us with the final piece of this puzzle. The dread lich, Thel'zan, willsoon come out of hiding, only to be rendered powerless against us!7 - Death comes for us all eventually, but sometimes it comes a little faster than anticipated. Today we call that blind heroics... Tomorrow someone may call it stupidity.Y - It is this phylactery Thel'zan's phylactery - that is the key to victory!T - I was... once like you. Mortal. Soft. Only flesh and bone. WEAK AND TIMID!Y - LEGION, STEADY YOURSELVES!T - Our lord, Arthas, saw in me the frailty of man.T - "Serve me in life and i will promise to rend the weakness from your soul. To erase it from existence!" To be chosen... blessed by the Lich King in such a way.T - So seve him I did... Were it not for me the glorious dead citadel of Naxxramas may never have returned to Northrend.T - Just as our lord saved me, so too shall I save you!F - Honor, courage, compassion and justice! These were once the virtues you fought for as a cleric of the Argent Dawn, Thel'zan.F - You dedicated your life to fighting the Scourge. You saw what they did to our beloved Lordaeron. The Lich King took everything from you!F - So how, then, did Father Inigo Montoy, bastion of virtue for the Argent Dawn, become the embodiment of that which he hated most?T - THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME YOU UTTER THAT NAME, PALADIN! Breathe your dying breath!T - Rise, my minions! Your master commands it!

F - Good to see you still alive and kicking, <name>. Don't think that I'd forgotten what you did for me in Stormwind, oh so long ago.F - Victory for the Alliance!F - You have saved Wintergarde! With Thel'zan's filth washed away, the 7th Legion will easily clean up the remaining Scourge. When you are done here, report to Angrathar!

Comment by drought666

"So how, then, did Father Inigo Montoy, bastion of virtue for the Argent Dawn, become the embodiment of that which he hated most?"

Is a Reference to the movie The Princess Bride where a swordsman named Inigo Montoya is always saying "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. "

Comment by annavictrix

Currently on my fifth attempt of this quest (I'm a priest). The NPCs rapidly scatter - feared - making it impossible for me to use them as shields. My fear ward only holds up against one cast, and the second time I'm run into a wall with all the adds on me. Dispersion gives me a little breathing space, but when I come out of it I'm still under attack. I cannot sustain myself to the end of the fight. Despite not releasing I haven't been credited with the defeat and the quest is marked as failed.

No such problems when I ran this on my lock and mage. I'm beginning to think it's impossible to solo and I will have to ask a tank along.

Comment by Gerlock

I died while trying to kill the boss.. I had to sign off while dead.. I came back later, and the quest was still to kill the boss, but he wasn't there anymore.. and I no longer have the Phylactery, and Legion Commander Yorik has no quest for me... my quest is still to kill the boss.. I don't know what to do at this point.. If I abandon the quest, can I pick up the chain somewhere, or would I have to start at the beginning of the chain again?

If I figure it out, I will let you know.

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Comment by ktherr

after dying constantly, I took the advice of going behind the wall. once you get the quest run over to the entrance area and you will see little corner walls. stay behind that and wait until the boss lets out the other monsters and then go out and peg these off one at a time, then kill the boss...easy that way!

Comment by dreadblood

just a slight thingy, i think he stole a line from noth.. he says "you have fought hard and come from distant reaches of the world to face the duskbringer" wich is awfully close to "you have fought hard to invade the realm of the plaguebringer".. just something i noticed

Comment by hakroztok

well, i was attacking the boss and everything and he was almost dead and he feared us. I ran into a corner and kept being feared and almost at the end, i just sorta fell through the floor and ended up falling for about a minute before i died. don't run into corners lol

Comment by Aratiti

You can die and still clear it it you stay at your body

Comment by brynnsweet

So I died a couple times while doing this (and without reading this) and now I go to do the quest but it just...doesn't work. I can't talk to the commander guy and have him bring out the lich. Any ideas?

Comment by geniusdude

Try standing just above the entrance while they talkafter he fear stuns everyone you can walk in

Comment by cougaria

I just did this quest on a lvl 75 DK. Died about half way through. Was able to come back and rez in time to get it completed. Watch out for the fears. That was tough.

Comment by Densyn

Playing quests like this again really makes knowing who had to take over the Scourge that much harder.

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Comment by Jaadis

So 7.3.5 just came out with npc scaling. I tried this quest 3 times and failed every time. I didn't die, npc's didn't die, only boss did. Bolvar yells "Victory for the Alliance!" and then my quest is red Failed. I did abandon after second try to pick the quest again fresh and it didn't help. I wasn't even feared anywhere weird this time... Bugged quest is bugged, reporting it.

Comment by nihiloi

As soon as the gateway starts to arch red lightning, run just inside the tunnel entrance and wedge yourself in the corner. This way, when you get feared, you can't really run anywhere. As a shadow priest, I cast Power Word: Pain on the boss, and then just survived the mob that rushed me with my shadow fiend and lots of Power Word: Shield. Bolvar will kill Duskbringer for you, and you will get credit for the completed quest.

An End And A Beginning

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Every good story has a beginning and an ending, <name>. While your story is far from over, I'll be damned if it's not already turning out to be the stuff of legend! No matter what happens to us when this is all over, what you've done at Wintergarde will be a tale told for years to come.

Now, ally, when you are ready I will use the phylactery to coax Thel'zan out of hiding.

Should we somehow succeed, report the victory to High Commander Halford Wyrmbane at Wintergarde Keep.

Wintergarde is saved because of you, <name>. To think that one man could so swiftly turn the tides of battle is hard for most to comprehend; yet here we are - victorious! You have managed to restore the faith of these people and earned the respect of your commanding officers.

Lord Fordragon has returned to Angrathar to prepare our forces for the destruction of the Wrathgate and has requested that you join him! I couldn't recommend a better soldier for the job, <name>.